do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations: 0,05 % on 1 March 2016 — Euro exchange rates
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Central Bank, euro, exchange rate, financing, interest, money








C_2016080EN.01000201.xml










2.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/2





Interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its main refinancing operations (1):
0,05 % on 1 March 2016
Euro exchange rates (2)

1 March 2016
(2016/C 80/02)

1 euro =











 


Currency


Exchange rate




USD


US dollar


1,0872




JPY


Japanese yen


122,94




DKK


Danish krone


7,4591




GBP


Pound sterling


0,77800




SEK


Swedish krona


9,3650




CHF


Swiss franc


1,0860




ISK


Iceland króna


 




NOK


Norwegian krone


9,4070




BGN


Bulgarian lev


1,9558




CZK


Czech koruna


27,056




HUF


Hungarian forint


310,15




PLN


Polish zloty


4,3468




RON


Romanian leu


4,4653




TRY


Turkish lira


3,2089




AUD


Australian dollar


1,5196




CAD


Canadian dollar


1,4699




HKD


Hong Kong dollar


8,4539




NZD


New Zealand dollar


1,6475




SGD


Singapore dollar


1,5238




KRW


South Korean won


1 340,06




ZAR


South African rand


17,2024




CNY


Chinese yuan renminbi


7,1230




HRK


Croatian kuna


7,6263




IDR


Indonesian rupiah


14 500,00




MYR


Malaysian ringgit


4,5163




PHP


Philippine peso


51,341




RUB


Russian rouble


80,2270




THB


Thai baht


38,709




BRL


Brazilian real


4,3519




MXN


Mexican peso


19,5872




INR


Indian rupee


73,7700






(1)  Rate applied to the most recent operation carried out before the indicated day. In the case of a variable rate tender, the interest rate is the marginal rate.

(2)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Case F-59/15: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — FX v Commission (Civil service — Temporary staff — Severance grant — Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations — Termination of service)
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: damages, servant (EU), severance pay, staff regulations (EU)








C_2016136EN.01004701.xml










18.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/47





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Third Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — FX v Commission
(Case F-59/15) (1)

((Civil service - Temporary staff - Severance grant - Article 12(2) of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations - Termination of service))
(2016/C 136/66)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: FX (represented by: T. Bontinck and A. Guillerme, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: G. Gattinara and F. Simonetti, acting as Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision not to pay the severance grant requested by the applicant following the termination of his service, and a claim for compensation for the damage the applicant claims to have suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Orders FX to bear two thirds of his own costs;










3.


Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay one third of the costs incurred by FX.






(1)  OJ C 213, 29.6.2015, p. 48.
Case T-98/14: Order of the General Court of 2 March 2016 — Société générale v Commission
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: bank, equal treatment, fine, sale








C_2016136EN.01004401.xml










18.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/44





Order of the General Court of 2 March 2016 — Société générale v Commission
(Case T-98/14) (1)

(2016/C 136/60)
Language of the case: French
The President of the Fourth Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  OJ C 142, 12.5.2014.
Special Report No 25/2015 — ‘EU support for rural infrastructure: potential to achieve significantly greater value for money’
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: European Court of Auditors
Subjects: EU aid, EU investment, audit, financial aid, financial management, fund (EU), investment project, means of agricultural production, rural development, use of aid








C_2016080EN.01000301.xml










2.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/3





Special Report No 25/2015
‘EU support for rural infrastructure: potential to achieve significantly greater value for money’
(2016/C 80/03)
The European Court of Auditors hereby informs you that Special Report No 25/2015 ‘EU support for rural infrastructure: potential to achieve significantly greater value for money’ has just been published.
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A hard copy version of the report may be obtained free of charge on request to the Court of Auditors:





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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/337 of 2 March 2016 approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Karlovarský suchar (PGI))
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Karlovy Vary Region, confectionery product, designation of origin, labelling, product designation








L_2016063EN.01000101.xml










10.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 63/1








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/337
of 2 March 2016
         
approving non-minor amendments to the specification for a name entered in the register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Karlovarský suchar (PGI))


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (1), and in particular Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 53(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission has examined the Czech Republic's application for the approval of amendments to the specification for the protected geographical indication ‘Karlovarský suchar’, registered under Commission Regulation (EC) No 982/2007 (2).












(2)


Since the amendments in question are not minor within the meaning of Article 53(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, the Commission published the amendment application in the Official Journal of the European Union as required by Article 50(2)(a) of that Regulation (3).












(3)


As no statement of opposition under Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 has been received by the Commission, the amendments to the specification should be approved,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The amendments to the specification published in the Official Journal of the European Union regarding the name ‘Karlovarský suchar’ (PGI) are hereby approved.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 March 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

Phil HOGAN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 982/2007 of 21 August 2007 registering certain names in the Register of protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications (Pimentón de la Vera (PDO) — Karlovarský suchar (PGI) — Riso di Baraggia biellese e vercellese (PDO)) (OJ L 217, 22.8.2007, p. 22).

(3)  
            OJ C 353, 24.10.2015, p. 6.
Case T-692/13: Order of the General Court of 2 March 2016 — SACBO v INEA
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: General Court
Subjects: airport, award of contract, co-financing, eligibility criteria, invitation to tender, trans-European network, transport network








C_2016156EN.01005401.xml










2.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 156/54






Order of the General Court of 2 March 2016 — SACBO v INEA
(Case T-692/13) (1)

(2016/C 156/73)
Language of the case: Italian
The President of the Third Chamber has ordered that the case be removed from the register.


(1)  
            OJ C 45, 15.2.2014.
Case F-3/15: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — Frieberger and Vallin v Commission (Civil Service — Officials — Pensions — Reform of the Staff Regulations — Regulation No 1023/2013 — Article 22 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations — Raising of the retirement age — Repayment of contributions to the EU pension scheme — Article 26 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations — Recalculation of the bonus relating to pension rights)
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, retirement conditions, staff regulations (EU), transfer of pension rights








C_2016136EN.01004601.xml










18.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/46





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — Frieberger and Vallin v Commission
(Case F-3/15) (1)

((Civil Service - Officials - Pensions - Reform of the Staff Regulations - Regulation No 1023/2013 - Article 22 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations - Raising of the retirement age - Repayment of contributions to the EU pension scheme - Article 26 of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations - Recalculation of the bonus relating to pension rights))
(2016/C 136/65)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicants: Jürgen Frieberger (Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium) and Benjamin Vallin (Saint-Gilles, Belgium) (represented by: J.-N. Louis and N. de Montigny, lawyers)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: initially, J. Currall and G. Gattinara, Agents, then G. Gattinara, Agent)

Intervener in support of the defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and M. Veiga, agents)

Intervener in support of the defendant: European Parliament (represented by: M. Ecker and E. Taneva, Agents)

Re:

The annulment of the Commission’s decisions rejecting the applicants’ requests for repayment of a portion of the contributions to the European Union pension scheme which were deducted from their pay and the request for reassessment of the bonus relating to the transfer of pension rights, acquired before their entry into service, to the EU scheme.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Annuls the European Commission’s decision of 26 March 2014 rejecting Mr Frieberger’s request of 17 December 2013 in so far as he sought by that request to obtain a recalculation of the bonus relating to his pension rights transferred to the European Union pension scheme;










2.


Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the action in so far as it was brought by Mr Vallin against the European Commission’s decision of 13 March 2014 inasmuch as that decision allegedly rejected a request seeking a recalculation of the bonus relating to pension rights transferred to the European Union pension scheme;










3.


Dismisses the action as to the remainder;










4.


Declares that the parties shall bear their own costs.






(1)  OJ C 96, 23/3/2015, p. 25.
Case C-141/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione Tributaria Regionale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 2 March 2016 — Stanleybet Malta Ltd and Mario Stoppani v Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: data transmission, equal treatment, freedom to provide services, gaming establishment, right of establishment








C_2016191EN.01001202.xml










30.5.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 191/12





Request for a preliminary ruling from the Commissione Tributaria Regionale di Milano (Italy) lodged on 2 March 2016 — Stanleybet Malta Ltd and Mario Stoppani v Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli
(Case C-141/16)
(2016/C 191/15)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Commissione Tributaria Regionale di Milano

Parties to the main proceedings


Appellants: Stanleybet Malta Ltd, Mario Stoppani

Respondent: Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli

Question referred

Do Articles 56 and 52 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, having regard also to the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union itself, on gambling and betting services such as the judgments in Gambelli, Placanica and Costa and Cifone, on tax discrimination such as the judgments in Lindman, Commission v Spain, and Bianco and Fabretti, and to the EU law principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination and legitimate expectations, preclude national legislation such as the Italian legislation, under consideration in the present dispute, which makes national intermediaries transmitting gambling data on behalf of betting operators, established in a different EU Member State, in particular, those sharing the characteristics of the company Stanleybet Malta Ltd, and possibly, those betting operators, jointly with their national intermediaries, liable, even retrospectively, to the Single Tax on betting and pools provided for in Articles 1 to 3 of Legislative Decree No 504 of 23 December 1998, as amended by Article 1(66)(b) of the Stability Law 2011?
Case F-60/15: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — Ruiz Molina v OHIM (Civil service — Member of the temporary staff — OHIM staff — Fixed-term contract with a termination clause — Clause terminating the contract in the event that the member of staff is not included on a reserve list of a competition — Termination of the contract pursuant to the termination clause — Date on which the termination clause takes effect — Open Competition OHIM/AD/01/13 and OHIM/AST/02/13)
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: competition (EU), damages, dismissal, indemnification, servant (EU), temporary employment








C_2016136EN.01004702.xml










18.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/47





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — Ruiz Molina v OHIM
(Case F-60/15) (1)

((Civil service - Member of the temporary staff - OHIM staff - Fixed-term contract with a termination clause - Clause terminating the contract in the event that the member of staff is not included on a reserve list of a competition - Termination of the contract pursuant to the termination clause - Date on which the termination clause takes effect - Open Competition OHIM/AD/01/13 and OHIM/AST/02/13))
(2016/C 136/67)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: José Luis Ruiz Molina (San Juan de Alicante, Spain) (represented by: N. Lhoëst, lawyer, then N. Lhoëst and S. Michiels, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially, B. Wägenbaur, lawyer, then A. Lukošiūtė, Agent, and B. Wägenbauer, lawyer)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision of the President of OHIM of 4 June 2014 terminating the applicant’s contract as a member of the temporary staff, seeking reinstatement by OHIM, if possible, and, if not, fair financial compensation for the alleged unlawful termination of his contract, and finally for damages for the non-material harm allegedly suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Declares that Mr Ruiz Molina is to bear his own costs and orders him to pay half of the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs);










3.


Declares that the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) is to bear half of its own costs.






(1)  OJ C 213, 29/6/2015, p. 48.
Case F-84/15: Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — Loescher v Council (Civil service — Officials — Union representative — Put at the disposal of a trade union or staff association — 2014 promotion procedure — Decision not to promote the applicant — Article 45 of the Staff Regulations — Comparative merits — No obligation under the Staff Regulations to provide for a specific method for assessing the comparative merits of staff put at the disposal of trade union or professional associations — Taking into account of staff reports — Assessment of the level of responsibilities held — Evidence — Review of a manifest error of assessment)
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: Civil Service Tribunal
Subjects: European official, organisation of professions, promotion, staff assessment, staff regulations (EU), trade union, union representative








C_2016136EN.01004901.xml










18.4.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/49





Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (3rd Chamber) of 2 March 2016 — Loescher v Council
(Case F-84/15) (1)

((Civil service - Officials - Union representative - Put at the disposal of a trade union or staff association - 2014 promotion procedure - Decision not to promote the applicant - Article 45 of the Staff Regulations - Comparative merits - No obligation under the Staff Regulations to provide for a specific method for assessing the comparative merits of staff put at the disposal of trade union or professional associations - Taking into account of staff reports - Assessment of the level of responsibilities held - Evidence - Review of a manifest error of assessment))
(2016/C 136/69)
Language of the case: French

Parties


Applicant: Bernd Loescher (Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium) (represented by: J.-N. Louis and N. de Montigny, lawyers)

Defendant: Council of the European Union (represented by: M. Bauer and M. Veiga, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision not to promote the applicant to the next grade (AD 12) in the 2014 Council of the European Union promotion procedure.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:






1.


Dismisses the action;










2.


Declares that Mr Loescher is to bear his own costs and orders him to pay the costs incurred by the Council of the European Union.






(1)  OJ C 279, 24/8/2015, p. 60.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7915 — American Securities/Blount International) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural equipment, economic concentration, investment company, mechanical engineering, merger control








C_2016080EN.01000101.xml










2.3.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/1





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.7915 — American Securities/Blount International)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 80/01)
On 23 February 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7915. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Action brought on 2 March 2016 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Kingdom of Norway (Case E-4/16)
Date: 2016-03-02
Institutions: EFTA Court
Subjects: European Economic Area, Norway, application of EU law, financial legislation, international agreement, money laundering, terrorism








C_2016338EN.01001201.xml










15.9.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 338/12





Action brought on 2 March 2016 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority against the Kingdom of Norway
(Case E-4/16)
(2016/C 338/14)
An action against the Kingdom of Norway was brought before the EFTA Court on 2 March 2016 by the EFTA Surveillance Authority, represented by Carsten Zatschler, Clémence Perrin and Marlene Lie Hakkebo, acting as Agents of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, 35 Rue Belliard, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority requests the EFTA Court to:






1.


Declare that the Kingdom of Norway has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice by failing to take, by the date of expiry of the period prescribed in the reasoned opinion delivered to the Kingdom of Norway pursuant to Article 31(2) of that Agreement, the measures necessary to comply with the judgment of the Court of 2 December 2013 in Case E-13/13 (EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway).










2.


Order the defendant to bear the costs of these proceedings.





Legal and factual background and pleas in law adduced in support:







—


The application addresses the Kingdom of Norway’s failure to comply, no later than 8 September 2015, with a reasoned opinion delivered by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 8 July 2015 regarding that State’s failure to fulfil its obligations under Article 33 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (‘SCA’) to take the necessary measures to comply with the judgment of the Court of 2 December 2013 in Case E-13/13 (EFTA Surveillance Authority v The Kingdom of Norway).










—


Case E-13/13 concerned the Kingdom of Norway’s compliance with Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (‘the AML Directive’).